Lugansk Colonel: Ukrainian military moving tanks, artillery to the line of contact

LUGANSK, Ukraine – Spokesman of the republic’s militia Colonel Andrei Marochko said on Saturday that the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) reconnaissance team has seen Ukrainian tanks and artillery move along the line of engagement 20km north of Debaltsevo.

“Ukraine’s Armed Forces continue violating the limitations for deployment of military equipment close to the line of engagement, listed in the Minsk agreements,” Luganskinformcenter quoted him.

“At night, a convoy of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ two tanks, three self-propelled artillery systems and four infantry fighting vehicles arrived to the Vozrozhdennya settlement,” he said.

He then went onto claim that the Ukrainian military has fired over 2000 shells and mines on the LPR.

Paul Antonopoulos is a Research Fellow at the Center for Syncretic Studies. He has an MA in International Relations and is interested in Great Power Rivalry as well as the International Relations and Political Economy of the Middle East and Latin America.